Figure 1) Current SST, SSTA Conditions and Shipping Route
Information.
The tabs below show the daily 5km SST
and SST anomalies (SSTA) for 2024-07-04.
Current conditions are based on the
latest remotely sensed data from NOAA
Coral Reef Watch. For comparison, the SSTA conditions are also shown
for exactly 1 year prior (2023-07-04).
The light green lines and ship icon represent
the 2024 route for the ship of opportunity.
For comparison, the dark green lines represent the location
the 2023 shipping route. The dark green icon represents the location of
turtle release on July 10, 2023.
The current SST
at last year’s release location is:18.94°C. This 2024
SST value is 2.39°C
warmer than the long-term average.
In 2023, SSTs at the release location
were 4.67°C warmer than the long-term
average.
The 4 circles represent longitudes of
interest across the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Figure 2 shows a time
series of SST conditions at these 4 longitudes.Black lines represent the 18°C
isotherm. The Thermal Corridor area is outlined in
white.
Current SST Conditions: 2024
Current SST Anomalies: 2024
Previous Year’s SST Anomalies: 2023
Figure 2) Average SST time series.
Weekly and long-term average sea
surface temperatures at 4 longitudes in the eastern North Pacific (160W,
150W, 145W, 140W).
For each longitude, the darker lines
with circles represent the weekly SST average since 2023.
To compare the current SST values
(2023-present) with the long-term average for the same time period, the
lighter solid lines represent the long-term monthly SST averages between
1997-2022.
The black horizontal line at 18°C was
used as a reference for optimal temperatures during turtle
release.